Improvement in hat-tips



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' identit gisten SOLOMON H. (JlREENBAUM, vOli.l\IElV YORK, Y.

Letters Patent No. 96,222, dated October 26, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAT-TIPS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom il may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON H. GREENBAUM, of Athe city, county and State of New York, have invented a. new and useful Improvement in Hat-Tips; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the ac- `companying drawings, and to the lettersof reference I marked thereon, making part of this specification.

rl`he nature of my invention consists in providing the hat-tip with a box or cavity, sunk in the centre gthereof, and closed by a door which is fastened by a ."small button or spring,

the whole constructed ofa material so light as to add but little to the weight of the hat, and giving ways, and make an opening, of the required size, for

. lthe box or pocket in the centre of the tip, whichopening may be either square or oval, or any regular shape, and of any size that may be required.- The size and shape I prefer is a square about one and one-haltl inch by two and one-halt', for an ordinaryV hat. rIhis opening is shown in Figure l on the accompanying drawings.

In making the opening, I only cut through the tip or lining on' three sides of the proposed opening, leaving the fourth side h hrupon 1, uncut, so that the portion cutout may serve as the door, andthe uncut side as the hinge. Ithen construct a box, of papel' or' cork, or some equally light material, adapted to the size of the' opening, and varying in de'pth according to the distance of the tip from the crown of the hat, from about one-sixteenth of an inch to oneV and onehalf inch, as may be required.

'.lhe method of constructing4 this box, which I plcfer, is .by cutting out the material in the shape represented in Figure 2, in which A is the bottom of the box, and B B'B B the sides, and folding the sides along the dotted lines, whichy may be done either by mark- .ing the line of the folds with a pointed instrument, or

bending the material along such lines under a die or the inside of the hat an orna mental appearance, while aiiording a convenient re- These folds should be made so' that the sides ofthe box may stand at right angles with the bottom, and the top of each side folded back so as toform a means of fastening the box to the backof the tip, as represented in Figure 3, which shows avsectiou of the box when folded, a and b being the point of folding.

'lhe hinge of the door of the opening is strengthened by past-ing muslin on'the inside, and the door made firmer by pasting a piece of pasteboard or similar material upon` its inside surface. fastened to the back ofthe tip by gl-ue, shellao, or any proper adhesive material, and may be lined or colored and furnished with aminiature almanac.

The. door is plays intoan opening '1n the side of the box,shown at d d, tig. 2, and the outside maybe provided with a miniature looking-glass, and ornamented by'gilt -l ines or any device printed upon lthe silk of the tip.

Figure 4 represents the opening, with the door in perspective.

In conclusion, I would observe that while\.I have described my invention as applied to what are known as hat-tips, yet the same may be used in connection with other port-ions of ,the interior of the hat. plied to the top, or any other suitable part of the interior of the hat-body, or to any part which may be employed in lien of the tip, and the door, instead of being hinged, can be arranged in other ways, so as to open and close the box. And the invention is also adapted to be used, notonly with hats, but with any other article of head-dress. I do not, therefore, limit my claims to the precise details herein givento illustrate the manner in which my invention can best be carried into effect) but y What I claim, and desire to secure by Lett-ers Patent, is

l. A hat, or otherI article of head-dress, in' the interior of which `is formed or' arranged a closet or box,

For instance, the box or closet may be secured or apclosed by a door, substantially 'as andt'or the purposes herein shown and described.

v2. `A:hattip, furnished with a closet or boX, Closed by a door, substantially as herein Ashown and described.

SOLOMON H. GREENBAUM.

Witnesses:

JOHN T. IRVING, WILLIAM GARLAND.

The box is then furnished with a small. button, which` 

